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Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority. RADIO LECTURE. APPLIANCES. 1 Rescue Pump (1) 2 Rescue Pump (2) 3 Water Tender 35 Water Tender Tanker 4 Pump (Unimog) 5 Foam/Water Carrier Operational Support Unit Fire Victim Support Unit 8 Turntable Ladder 9 Station Commanders
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Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority RADIO LECTURE
APPLIANCES 1 Rescue Pump (1) 2 Rescue Pump (2) 3 Water Tender 35 Water Tender Tanker 4 Pump (Unimog) 5 Foam/Water Carrier • Operational Support Unit • Fire Victim Support Unit 8 Turntable Ladder 9 Station Commanders 41 Hose Layer 51 Rescue Boat 71 Control Unit 81 Canteen Unit
OTHER CALLSIGNS USED BY CONTROL M2 HK M2 HKZ
STATE CODES State 1 - Mobile to incident State 2 - In attendance State 3 - Closing at incident State 4 - Mobile, available State 41 - Available from incident State 5 - Closing at base State 6 - Closing at station other than base State 7 - Closing at home State 8 - Closing on pager State 80 - Closing on pager out of County State 81 - Closing on pager (North) State 82 - Closing on pager (Central) State 83 - Closing on pager (South) State 9 - Unable to proceed to incident State 10 - Crew Deficient State 0 - Unavailable State 11 - On Drill State 15 - Standing by at Keypoint
MESSAGES First Impression Assistance Informative Fire Surrounded Stop Secure
STOP CODES Code 3 - FDR1 Code 4 - Chimney - A - dwellings B- other occupied buildings Code 5 - Secondary Fires Sub Codes A Derelict building 1 No firefighting action B Grass etc C Intentional straw 2 Firefighting action D Road furniture E Rubbish 3 Hosereels not main jets F Derelict Vehicles 4 Main Jets Additional Codes M - Malicious - deliberate/suspected A - Accidental - includes not known
Code 6 - False alarm, good intent Code 7 - False alarm, electrical Sub codes A - Dust, thrips B - System fault C - Unsuitable equipment position D - Other Code 8 - False alarm, malicious Special Service Stops (see handout)
PRIORITY PREFIX The following messages are entitled to a “PRIORITY PREFIX” Assistance message Persons Reported Radiation Suspected Passing running call to Control On mobilising from Control Rapid Deployment in Use
SPECIAL CODES ALPHA CHARLIE-DELTA X-RAY All the above messages are to be sent secure No blue lights or two tones to be used FOXTROT STANDFAST
RADIO TERMS OVER OUT RECEIVED GO AHEAD STANDBY WAIT VERIFY CALLER DETAILS CONFIRMATION OF ADDRESS I SPELL ANSWER YES ANSWER NO
SIGNAL STRENGTHS LOUD AND CLEAR WEAK BUT READABLE UNREADABLE